The Arizona sentinel., 1887-01-22


 all purposes, and in its results is the most truly beneficent of any society of the day"
 The organization is the outgrowth of the drawing-room Bible readings of Mrs. F. Bottome. They laid down no rules or regulations for their work. They specified no particular line of work, but comprehended their whole desire and all possible future service in their notices:
 Look up and not down,
 Look forward and not back, Look out and not in,
 Lend hand.
 And since Christ, their elder Brother, lived these notices for their example, they took for their watchword, 'In His Name"
 The Kings Daughters are responsible only to the King, and hence there is no needless organization to cumber their service.
 Each one of the ten vied with her sisters in forming other tens, and in a little time hundreds of women and girls were drawn into them. Each ten chooses its own work and its way and time of doing it. One circle of ten de- sired to visit the sick children in the hospitals and chose that as their work. Arrangements were made for them at the Hahnemann Hospital, and now de- tachments of the ten take turns in as- sisting the institution regularly, bring ing dolls, picture-books and toys of all sorts for the little ones.
 Another ten has undertaken to teach a Ciass of poor working girls to sew and cook. Another circle call them selves the musical ten, and sing in hos pitals, at sick beds, or Tn drawing-room concerts for the benefit of the needy
 Another ten aid the home and foreign missions, and still another choose the difficult duty of trying to help people to tell the truth. They were troubled at the carelessness manifested by them selves and their friends in this respect, and determined to root out the evil as far as they themselves were concerned, and to warn and remind their friends of it.
 There is an association called the Shut in Society, composed mainly of invalids who have been confined to the house for many years. One little circle of ten determined to try to bring some light and joy into the lives of these in valids, and each of them took a list of ; names and now corresponds regularly with the sick ones, sending books and other reading matter, and sometimes wOfsted and silks to be woven into pretty form.
 There is scare ely branchof philan- thropic work which these circles do not touch upon, and the good they do them- selves is said to be as great as that which they do to others, One fash ionable boarding school resolved itself into tens, and because the girls were too much occupied with their studies for outside work, they decided to pledge themselves not to speak unkindly of any schoolmate or friend and to assist each other by little acts of kindness whenever possible. The principal of the school has since informed Mrs Bottome that the whole atmosphere of the institution had changed.
 Circles have been organized in Maine, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Florida, and even England is talk ing the idea up now. MT. Moody's school, at Northfeld, and Smith Col lege have resolved themselves into tens and wear the cross and ribbon.
 Miss Helen Gould, daughter of the millionaire, is one of the workers, and this summer did work among the vil- lage girls near her country home.
 Not long ago a woman, whose for tune reaches far into the millions, was buying at counter of a large dry goods store. Noticing that the shop girl a purple ribbon and bit of silver on her breast, she said: ''Is not that a badge yeu wear?'
 70 yes," quickly replied the girl; q am one of the Kings Daughters.
 The lady opened her cloak, and on her own breast lay another silver cross and royal ribbon.
 Then we are sisters,' she said, and held out her hand across the counter. N. !. Herald.